First time offenders who come into the U.S. illegally are generally charged with a misdemeanor – but a new bill aims to change that.
Legislation introduced by Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., Tuesday would make illegal entry into the U.S. a felony offense, something she said would act as a “disincentive” to people who are thinking of crossing the border.
“The United States government should never prioritize illegal immigrants over American citizens,” Black said in a statement. “By no longer creating incentives to come to our country unlawfully, we also discourage families from sending their children on an often dangerous journey to reach our southern border.”

A felony record would hinder an individual attempting to come into the U.S. legally as it would prevent that person from obtaining a green card, Black told Fox News.

"We are a compassionate nation and we are a country filled with compassionate people. I've been abroad and I've seen the hardships that people go through, but we've got to have some kind of control and order," she said.

Dubbed the “Zero Tolerance for Illegal Entry Act,” Black’s bill would also mandate employers use the E-Verify system to ensure employees are in the country legally and allowed to work in the U.S. Additionally, it redirects funding from so-called sanctuary cities to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

First time offenders who come into the U.S. illegally are generally charged with a misdemeanor – but a new bill aims to change that.
Legislation introduced by Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., Tuesday would make illegal entry into the U.S. a felony offense, something she said would act as a “disincentive” to people who are thinking of crossing the border.
“The United States government should never prioritize illegal immigrants over American citizens,” Black said in a statement. “By no longer creating incentives to come to our country unlawfully, we also discourage families from sending their children on an often dangerous journey to reach our southern border.”

A felony record would hinder an individual attempting to come into the U.S. legally as it would prevent that person from obtaining a green card, Black told Fox News.

"We are a compassionate nation and we are a country filled with compassionate people. I've been abroad and I've seen the hardships that people go through, but we've got to have some kind of control and order," she said.

Dubbed the “Zero Tolerance for Illegal Entry Act,” Black’s bill would also mandate employers use the E-Verify system to ensure employees are in the country legally and allowed to work in the U.S. Additionally, it redirects funding from so-called sanctuary cities to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

And with a prison sentence in a US prison of at least a year and a day. If you’re concerned with costs it’d be better to have them on welfare. But most that make it through aren’t on welfare - they’re working and taking care of themselves.

The solution is very simple: de-incentivize. The problem fixes itself...

Quit paying for their education, health-care, anchor babies, voting, etc. ...And fine the sh!t out their employers - use those fines to pay for any outstanding enforcement.

They face a 20% death rate when coming over, and are happy to do so. They dont give 2 sh!ts about a felony charge - besides, who's going to enforce the law? Its already illegal - dems love voters and repubs love cheap labor.

Gulag Chief:"Article 58-1a, twenty five years... What did you get it for?"Gulag Prisoner: "For nothing at all."Gulag Chief: "You're lying... The sentence for nothing at all is 10 years"

I always knew those asians and indians would be a problem. As an example it is unsafe to drive in Bloomington near the University . All these Asians with high performance cars and they cannot drive . This is going to cause my insurance to go up . Giving these people a rickshaw with a V6 , bad idea.